Leucopogon fasciculatus

Leucopogon fasciculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Leucopogon
Species: L. fasciculatus
Binomial name
Leucopogon fasciculatus
Synonyms

Epacris fasciculata G.Forst.
[1]

Cyathodes fasciculata (G.Forst.) Allan

Leucopogon fasciculatus (also known as tall mingimingi) is a species of shrub within the heath family.[1] An example occurrence of L. fasciculatus is in the red and silver beech forests admixed with rimu and miro podocarps on northern South Island, New Zealand.

L. fasciculatus is the host plant for the New Zealand endemic moth species Pyrgotis pyramidias .[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Leucopogon fasciculatus (G.Forst.) A.Rich. (1832)". New Zealand Plants Database. Landcare Research. Retrieved 2009-07-13.
  2. Pawson, Stephen M.; Emberson, Rowan M. "The conservation status of invertebrates in Canterbury" (PDF). www.dspace.lincoln.ac.nz. Lincoln University. Retrieved 16 January 2017.


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